# The truly great threads in SDMB history **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 1, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879 "2009-03-01T15:31:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/181 "2016-03-16T23:58:00Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Time for a bump! I came here looking for a specific thread that I would have thought I had mentioned before, but I must not have. If I find it I will! 😃 Only because I said I would, I’m back to post the ID of that thread I thought had been mentioned here: > **[Another look at "active users" at SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=632686)** > > Rather than add more complications to the current thread What happened to some of the more prominent posters? which was started 11-19-2011, 10:30 PM by Uncommon Sense – and to which I contributed this post, this post, this post, and this post – I’ve... Another look at “active users” at SDMB 11-26-2011, 01:01 AM Zeldar Enjoy at your own peril! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/182 "2016-03-17T01:03:54Z")
> [@Lionne](#): > > [thread=289696]Would you shoot your child?[/thread] For the win. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/183 "2016-03-18T04:16:52Z")
Has anyone mentioned the one by the guy who feeds his fish by ejaculating into his aquarium? And the first occurrence of “penis ensues”? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/184 "2016-03-18T12:24:26Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Has anyone mentioned the one by the guy who feeds his fish by ejaculating into his aquarium? > > And the first occurrence of “penis ensues”? I’m 98% sure the fish food is above somewhere, but I believe that a search for it will uncover other equally fascinating and delightful expositions by some true wits. You could try a Google search on this thread for “semen” or “sperm” or “fishtank” or similar. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/185 "2016-03-18T12:57:49Z")
> [@White SIFL](#): > > For the win. OMG I hadn’t read that one before, and now I’m _crying_ with laughter. > [@Standup Karmic](#): > > Instead of the tire blowing out, it stays intact. You get all the way to the shopping mall. You park and go inside. You check out the various stores and find the kid a pair of sneakers that are on sale for $89.99. He wears them out of the store. You walk to the food court and order from a mall Chinese food place. You get the sweet n sour pork. Your kid has chow mein. After finding a card and small gift for your brother, you return to your vehicle. Your car won’t start. After trying a couple more times, it does start. You note that you must bring the car in for servicing the next day. You return home. Your other child, a girl, is talking on the telephone. She’s taking a babysitting assignment for this coming Friday with a family down the street. After watching a movie with the kids that you’d picked up from Blockbuster, getting them off to bed and having a relaxing bath, you change into your sleepwear. You think about your spouse, who is away on a business trip. You miss them very much. You close your eyes. As you are becoming more and more relaxed and are drifting off towards dreamland, you realize you are thirsty. But you are also very comfortable. Should you get up and get a drink, or not worry about the minor thirst and stay comfy? What would you do? WHAT WOULD YOU DO?? > [@peasea](#): > > Shoot the kid. > > I mean, $90 for sneakers? Come on! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/186 "2016-03-19T14:38:59Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Has anyone mentioned the one by the guy who feeds his fish by ejaculating into his aquarium? > > And the first occurrence of “penis ensues”? > [@Zeldar](#): > > I’m 98% sure the fish food is above somewhere, but I believe that a search for it will uncover other equally fascinating and delightful expositions by some true wits. You could try a Google search on this thread for “semen” or “sperm” or “fishtank” or similar. Unless I just didn’t spot it on my way back through This Whole Thing, I was wrong about that specific thread being on this list. An idea that might help run it down would be to use the SDMB Keyword Search (I tried Google with no appreciable luck) for “aquarium” (or some other keyword you’re close to sure was somewhere in the thread) and then wade through the hits for the one you remember. If you do find it, please add it to this thread. I bet people are curious by now! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/187 "2016-03-20T14:59:44Z")
Just to provoke other additions to this thread – by anyone interested in such – I looked back at some oldies that may stretch the criteria of what makes for “a truly great thread” and came up with these five to offer here: > **[A thread about anything but &^%$#\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=554587)** > > As long as the secret word isn’t mentioned, this thread can be about anything at all. We’ll just have to determine what &^%$#\* is as we go along. Some things that &^%$#\* is not are: filibuster agronomy butchering lavender Pygmalion ... A thread about anything but &^%$#\* Last post 03-06-2010, 12:34 PM > **[Nostalgia for old threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=575902)** > > I actually went hunting for one of the items on this list by way of a vanity search on my username and noticed quite a few oldies that might deserve a revival or a new thread to continue the topic. These all came from the earliest pages of the 30 I... Nostalgia for old threads? Last post 08-31-2010, 11:42 AM > **[Pre-poll collection of annoying SDMB expressions](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=638538)** > > What with the hue and cry over the quarry meme-to-be, and the mention of other such annoyances in the long history of SDMB, it may be fun to collect as many as we can and have a vote-off for which is the most annoying or insipid or otherwise grating... Pre-poll collection of annoying SDMB expressions Last post 01-20-2012, 06:27 AM > **[Given Names -- What were they thinking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=648355)** > > I know it’s the parents’ (or maybe the agent’s) fault for these things happening, but how would you like to be strapped with a name like Hilaria? Just yesterday I was trying to think of a way to start a thread where we could point at some misfires in... Given Names – What were they thinking? Last post 04-27-2012, 11:36 AM > **[Omar](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=569472)** > > Without looking any further, before seeing what others may have said, what’s the first thing to pop into your mind when you think of “Omar”? Omar Last post 05-08-2012, 10:37 AM Surely you can find some others not yet mentioned here that are at least this _great_! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/188 "2016-03-20T15:34:50Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Has anyone mentioned the one by the guy who feeds his fish by ejaculating into his aquarium? [I found it!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=249524&highlight=semen+fish) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/189 "2016-03-20T15:39:28Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > [I found it!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=249524&highlight=semen+fish) And a righteous jewel it is! Congrats on the search (and find)! It’s a great feeling to me to be able to do such a thing. Now and then I will spend literally days looking for something way more trivial than this. It’s that Easter Egg syndrome I suspect. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/190 "2020-03-16T09:39:35Z")
And here it is (FOUR years later) that the same question(s) come(s) back up! And a similar amount of back-tracking reveals at least one of those old jewels. Did we ever get an actual account of the Lost But Not Forgotten SDMB Threads? Someday, perhaps, that will develop! But for now… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879.md?page=9)